The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board’s (TPB) once-in-a-decade Regional Travel Survey was completed last year, but analyses of the data has been coming out ever since. Last March the TPB wrote an article on four trends from the study of which one was a dramatic increase in bicycling since 2007.
Like many other metro regions, the greater Washington region has invested heavily in bicycle infrastructure by retrofitting streets with bike lanes and connecting multi-use trails, in addition to launching Capital Bikeshare in 2010. These investments appear to have paid off in terms of promoting more bicycling in the region. The share of all trips by bicycle doubled regionwide since 2007/2008, and increased three-fold in the region’s core including the District of Columbia, Arlington, and Alexandria. Share of daily walk trips, regionally, remained steady at about 9 percent.
While much of that comes at the expense of rail transit, driving is also down.
The other trends were decreased rail transit, decreased driving and fewer overall trips.
Bicycle Mode share sits between walking and taxis for commuting, but makes up a smaller share of non-commute trips.
Meanwhile, this chart pushes against the "only rich people bike" claim.
Anyway, no surprise that biking and walking make up a smaller mode share at night and off-peak - all the more reason we need good transit at those times.
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